Cloud DevOps Engineer

Job Description

Role: Cloud DevOps Engineer (full or part time)Division: Assessment & Qualifications DeliveryLocation: Rotherham or London, UK. Hybrid-workingAbout UK Assessment & QualificationsWe are responsible for the delivery of nearly 4 million examination results per annum, including A-Level, GCSE, BTEC and T-levels for students in UK and International centres. Our in-house systems process every learner from registration to marking and certification,in a highly regulated business. We currently operate a hybrid estate of predominantly bespoke systems, with an ongoing strategic transformation programme to migrate from on-prem to cloud based, cost effective, scalable and resilient services.About the JobThis position will be responsible for designing, implementing and maintaining an operating model to enable the migration of existing technology solutions and deployment of new services to a cloud computing platform. This includes but is not limited to automatingand streamlining processes, implementing and maintaining deployment tools and monitoring operational availability.The position will also help troubleshoot and resolve issues in development, test and production environments, act as an escalation point for application support and work collaboratively with software engineering teams to deploy and operate our systems.About YouWed expect that youll have relevant experience with a proven track record in design, delivery and deployment of cloud-based, distributed, containerised and serverless applications, alongside Agile development and BAU teams within a globally distributedteam. Youll be proactive and innovative, and wed also prefer you to have experience of mentoring less experienced team members.Key Skills & Experience

• Cloud certification (AWS ideally, but would consider others such as Google or Azure)
• Powershell & Chef scripting
• Windows & Linux operating systems
• Configuration, Monitoring & automated Deployment tools
• Security, compliance and fault tolerance within the cloud
• T-SQL scripting
• Firewall, Network & Load-Balancing knowledge
• Source control
• IaaS, PaaS and SaaS
• Cloud Compute Accounting
• Release Management Tools
• System metrics gathering for improvements
• Troubleshooting
• CI/CD pipelines, Jenkins, Terraform
• SDLC in an Agile environment

Desirable Skills & Experience

• CI/CD components and process design
• Working with or contributing directly to Open Source projects
• Failure based testing such as Simian Army
• Delivering web-scale products to a global market at high release velocity
• Test-driven development
• Docker

The role is aligned to either our Rotherham or central London offices. Our Rotherham office is located at Junction 1 of the M18, making it commutable from Sheffield, Leeds, Doncaster, Derby or Nottingham.We have worked from home throughout the pandemic, but have adopted hybrid working now national restrictions are lifted; for this role that means visiting your base office no more than once a week with the possibility of occasional travel to other Pearsonsites, however, adjustments to this due to personal circumstances & preferences are possible.We work a 37.5 hour week, with all our team free to flex their day around our core hours, which are Monday to Friday, 10 to 4 GMT/BST. School runs, etc can be accommodated. Other flexible working patterns can be considered, including part-time working andnon-traditional hours. As we regularly work with global teams, particularly in India and the US, there may be the occasional need to accommodate meetings outside of core hours.For this role there may be future expectation to provide out of hours support during business critical periods.We actively encourage our staff to participate in at least 40 hours of training a year, and offer relevant AWS training and certification as part of this role.Your benefits and rewardsHere at Pearson we offer a range of benefits, which include:

• 25 Days annual leave (increasing by 1 day with every year of continuous service up to 30 days)
• Private Pension plan scheme where we pay in double what you contribute, up to 16% depending on your age
• Life, private medical and dental care insurance options, plus free eye tests
• Stock/share purchase options
• Maternity, paternity, and family care leave as well as flexible working policies
• An employee wellbeing assistance programme
• Cycle to work program, volunteering days, gym membership concessions in selected office locations, along with retail and leisure discounts

Diversity and Inclusion at PearsonWere committed to equity and opportunity, so that all learners can realise the life they imagine and see themselves in our services and products. We believe learning is a powerful force for change and that diversity, equity and inclusion are fundamentalto who we are. Were committed to addressing all forms of systematic racism, discrimination and inequality in everything we do.We also believe in giving everyone in the company the chance to help shape a more inclusive culture, in which everyone feels a sense of belonging and in which everyone acts with integrity day-in, day-out. To learn more about Pearsons commitment to a diverseand inclusive workforce, please click here.Pearson is an equal opportunities employer. We do not discriminate against employees or job applicants and select the best person for each job based on relevant skills and experience. We are also committed to building an accurate picture of the make-up ofthe workforce and encouraging equality and diversity.The information you provide will stay confidential and will be stored securely. It will not be seen by those involved in making decisions as part of the recruitment process. We are a Stonewall Gold and Top 20 LGBT+ inclusive employer, Investors in PeopleGold, Race Charter signatory, Disability Confident employer and Working Mums Top Employer.#LI-POST Learning is the most powerful force for change in the world. More than 20,000 Pearson employees deliver our products and services in nearly 200 countries, all working towards a common purposeto help everyone achieve their potential through learning. We dothat by providi